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miscellaneous.' Many episodes of The Simpsons center around Homer and Marge’s marriage being tested and ultimately reaffirmed. In 'Homer The Heretic' it’s Homer’s faith that is aggressively tested before ultimately being reaffirmed. The strength and value of religion, the episode argues, ultimately lies not in its power to force people to follow arbitrary rules or go to a building every Sunday but rather in its capacity for teaching people to listen to their better angels and love and serve their fellow man. That makes 'Homer The Heretic' not just funny but also surprisingly profound."
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attend the day's service, but must put up with the church's malfunctioning furnace, the doors freezing shut when the churchgoers try to leave after the service ends, and car trouble in the parking lot. Homer, meanwhile, spends the morning goofing around the house, eating large amounts of fatty foods,
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Nathan Rabin writes: "For all its good-natured heresy, 'Homer The Heretic' is respectful enough toward religion to put the moral of the episode in Reverend Lovejoy’s mouth when he tells Homer that God was 'working in the hearts of your neighbors when they came to your aid, be they Christian, Jew, or
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play a game of air hockey in Heaven, Hendrix was supposed to have a speaking line of his own to respond to Franklin's line. It was cut late during production because the actor for Hendrix did not sound enough like Hendrix. Franklin's line was kept because "nobody knows what he sounds like", whereas
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Homer interprets the fire as God delivering vengeance. Reverend Lovejoy posits that God was working through Homer's friends to save him, despite their different faiths. Homer agrees to give church another chance after further encouragement from Reverend Lovejoy. However, while Homer does show up to
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cited the episode as his favorite of the show, writing that it "captures everything that was and is great about the series: social satire, extraordinary quotability ('This Things I Believe'), a good family story, and an innate sweetness in spite of Homer's outsized antics." When asked to pick his
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When Marge and the children return home, Homer proclaims that he had the best day of his life because he skipped church, and thus he will never attend church again; Marge is horrified by this. That night, Marge prays for Homer; Homer, meanwhile, falls asleep during Marge's praying and has a dream
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attempt to convince Homer to attend church again, but Homer remains devoted to his own religion. The next Sunday morning, while his family is at church, Homer falls asleep on the couch while smoking a lit cigar, which sets the house ablaze.
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church the next Sunday, he falls asleep and snores loudly during the service. In the dream Homer has during the service, God consoles Homer on the ultimate failure of Homer's invented religion. Homer asks God what the
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Hendrix had a distinct voice. The abrupt cutting off of God's voice before he reveals the meaning of life was intended to be cut off by a voice-over promotion for whatever Fox program aired after
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in the United States on October 8, 1992. In the episode, Homer decides to forgo going to church and has an excellent time staying home. His behavior quickly attracts the wrath of
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Homer talks to God. God was animated with five fingers, rather than four like the other characters. In the final scene, however, he was unintentionally animated with four fingers.
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is, and after finding out Homer doesn't want to wait until he dies to find out on his own, God reluctantly begins to answer Homer's question, just as the
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of 12.0, equivalent to approximately 11.2 million viewing households. It was the second highest-rated show on the Fox network that week, following
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The episode was notable for portraying God as having five fingers on each hand, as opposed to the four fingers of every other character on
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decides that he will not go to church after seeing how cold it is outside and splitting his pants while getting dressed.
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episodes were produced. However, they quickly adjusted. As for Rough Draft Studios, they were a brand-new company, and
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In its original broadcast, "Homer the Heretic" finished 36th in ratings for the week of October 5–11, 1992, with a
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Katz, Mathew (November 11, 2019). "The best classic Simpsons episodes on Disney+".
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Hastings, Deborah (October 15, 1992). "Presidential debate helps put ABC on top".
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start rolling, preventing God from revealing the meaning of life to the viewers.
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Homer Simpson makes his patented "moon waffles" (Homer: "Mmm... fattening.")
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The couch swivels round into the wall, and an empty couch assumes its place.
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was named the 45th greatest film reference in the history of the show by
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game, a scene from the episode, at #83. The episode's reference to
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was one of the first shows they ever worked on, along with
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from this episode was a reference to the previous episode "
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Lawson, Tim; Persons, Alisa (2004). "Dan Castellaneta".
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put "Homer the Heretic" among the five best episodes of
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and the first where it was overseas at the newly formed
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Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, the authors of the book
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Index

The Simpsons

Jim Reardon
George Meyer
Chalkboard gag
I will not defame New Orleans
Couch gag
Matt Groening
Al Jean
George Meyer
Jim Reardon
A Streetcar Named Marge
Lisa the Beauty Queen
The Simpsons season 4
List of episodes
fourth season
The Simpsons
Fox
God
chalkboard gag
A Streetcar Named Marge
New Orleans
George Meyer
Jim Reardon

Homer
Marge
Bart
Lisa
Maggie

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